[DeTomaso] New Ford GT Transaxle

[Julian Kift]

A fully rebuilt Ricardo transaxle can be had for $6500, as Mike says its not the initial cost its everything else to make it fit.

 

Mark Hoffman (De Mopuar on the PI forum) is also installing a Ford GT engine & transaxle into his Pantera. Wilkinson is doing all the work; there is some discussion on the PI forum and Mark has photo's in his POCA album here http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=12445?g2_GALLERYSID=6fe1944cd57b094d177fe790c2962c60

 

Mike, I understood the M1 ZF has a different length input shaft and is already in the inverted (GT40) orientation so would require flipping for Pantera use, hence your suggestion of parts interchange into a M1 case would likely be the easiest and cheapest way to go. Its surpsising to me how may ZF's come up on EvilBay with welded cases, so someone must be breaking them....

 

Julian

 
> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 16:24:54 -0500
> To: boyd411 at gmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] New Ford GT Transaxle
> 
> 
> In a message dated 1/4/10 13 05 28, boyd411 at gmail.com writes:
> 
> 
> > Ken mentioned that the ZF might be the weak link ( and the expensive 
> > repair)
> > if one were to install an engine with over 600 hp into a Pantera. I was
> > wondering what transaxle ford is using in the new GT-40. I'm sure it is
> > priced out of this world but just out of couriosity does any one have info
> > about it?  
> > 
> >>>It's made by Ricardo, and dgordon100 at cox.net (who just posted here 
> yesterday) is installing one behind his Ford GT engine, in his Pantera. Both 
> the engine and the gearbox are substantially larger than the normal Pantera 
> stuff, as well as fantastically expensive, and as a consequence the conversion 
> is a decidedly non-trivial, six-figure job, involving substantial cutting 
> and re-engineering of the chassis etc.
> 
> > Also are the BMW parts for the ZF that I have read about stronger
> > or just more expensive ?
> > 
> >>>The only thing that's stronger is the case, which has a reinforcement 
> rib cast into it. The case is only $500 though. If you were concerned 
> about strength and were going to have your ZF overhauled, you might as well just 
> buy a new case at the same time and have all the guts transferred over.
> 
> Having said all that, I cannot imagine a circumstance where you would ever 
> drive your car hard enough to break the case....
> 
> Mike
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